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6 DAYS TO GOOOOOOO……….. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! OK time to come clean… this dress has been finished for AGES!… but …. well it’s ‘flouncy’ and ridiculous… and it feels completely silly sitting around the house in it. I will be making another one (because even when I don’t need the […]

OK, as promised a TUTORIAL for my men’s shirt upcycle 🙂 I’ve made this as a maternity piece but it could of course suit the un-pregnant ladies out there who are best served by an empire line for whatever reason… OK start with a men’s shirt – the bigger the […]

Lets have another look at that dress: not pregnant? don’t panic! you can still make this dress and be (almost) as awesome as us pregnant ladies! Whole Lotta Baby Upcycled T-shirt dress TUTORIAL You will need: 2 Large Mens T-shirts some scrap stretch jersey fabric (or another T-shirt) A T shirt/vest […]

I’ve been quiet on the Project Maternity front for too long, in the words of Blink 182: “Work Sucks, I know” What doesn’t suck is this dress: I’m not that keen on the colour, the green is a lot duller than I’d first intended. The pattern I butchered was from […]

First thing’s first. I did not invent this technique. This is a version of the tutorial I found at Rostitchery which I’d seen successfully used on Polka Dot Overload. What I’ve learned in the last 3 months is that there’s an absolute black hole when it comes to maternity alterations, […]

I’ll write a proper blog entry for tomorrow, but all you need to know is that today I’ve cut/traced 5 different sewing patterns. But most importantly I’ve done the all-important full tummy adjustment as per the tutorial at Rostitchery which was recommended by Mikhaela Reid from Polka Dot Overload and […]